She didn't press the matter further, which pleased Qu Shuangyue, who felt she had gotten away with it and continued to pull her along to change clothes.
Lin Xiuyan knew Qu Shuangyue's personality, so she had no choice but to let Qu Shuangyue dress her up.
Qu Shuangyue was rough in nature, but had a good sense of aesthetics. Her clothes and jewelry were extremely luxurious, which made Lin Xiuyan look incredibly noble and gave her an even stronger aura.
At this moment, it wouldn't be incongruous to call Lin Xiuyan a princess.
Qu Shuangyue sighed softly at Lin Xiuyan's appearance, wanting to say something, but in the end only said, "She is indeed beautiful."
Lin Xiuyan looked at herself in the mirror. The woman in the mirror had fair skin and a beautiful face. Her frivolous air was suppressed by the jewelry, and she even gained a bit of elegance and poise.
She found it very difficult to get used to.
She reached up and pulled the ornate hairpin from her hair, saying, "These don't suit me."
Qu Shuangyue stared at her for a while, and just when she thought Qu Shuangyue was about to hit her again, she heard Qu Shuangyue say, "If you don't want to wear it, then don't wear it!"
Whether it was Lin Xiuyan's imagination or not, Qu Shuangyue seemed a bit down afterwards, and left after saying a few perfunctory words to her.
Lin Xiuyan felt that her mother had taken the saying "women are all fickle" to the extreme.
Qu Shuangyue's dejected mood persisted until bedtime that night, when Lin Yunzhi asked her, "What's wrong with you?"
Qu Shuangyue said softly, "This afternoon I had Xiuyan change into the 'battle outfit' I made for her, and I found that dressed up like this, she looks even more like him."
Lin Yunzhi's body stiffened slightly, and he asked her, "You miss him?"
Qu Shuangyue shook her head: "No, it's just that a sense of melancholy has unconsciously arisen in my heart."
"If he sees Yan'er one day, he'll probably understand everything, and then..."
Lin Yunzhi said calmly, "So what if he understands? Does he think he can take you from me?"
Qu Shuangyue leaned against him and said, "I don't know why, but I've been feeling a bit uneasy lately."
“I never used to think about him, but now that Yan’er is older, I can’t help but think about him. Do you think I should just kill him? So he’ll stop bothering me?”
Lin Yunzhi was initially a little worried, but upon hearing her words, he laughed and said, "No need for that. He can live his life, and we can live ours. We don't need to worry about him."
"Unless something major happens, he will never know of Yan'er's existence and will never disturb our lives."
Qu Shuangyue nodded and said, "That's true. Given his status, he can't easily leave his residence."
"As long as we don't actively approach him, we'll never meet in this lifetime."
Lin Yunzhi gently embraced her and said, "Then what are you still worried about?"
Qu Shuangyue smiled and said, "I'm not worried. As long as Yan'er is happy, that's all that matters."
The couple embraced, and a hint of helplessness appeared in Lin Yunzhi's eyes.
He knew why Qu Shuangyue kept thinking about that person lately:
Lin Xiuyan originally looked somewhat similar to that person, but her personality was too unrestrained and completely different from that person's.
She has matured a lot lately, and her temperament and aura are becoming more and more like that person's.
Lin Yunzhi was also somewhat anxious after discovering this.
After comforting Qu Shuangyue, he cast a divination, and the result was extremely strange, the strangest divination he had ever obtained in all his years.
His brow furrowed slightly, and his anxiety deepened.
Lin Xiuyan was unaware of her parents' anxiety; after she came to terms with it, her mindset changed drastically.
Although her body now rejects intimacy with Ye Junfei, she no longer dwells on the past and looks forward to the future.
Knowing that he had left a huge psychological scar on Lin Xiuyan this time, Ye Junfei dared not force her any further.
When he went to sleep at night, he voluntarily made a makeshift bed on the floor.
Lin Xiuyan asked him, "Have you sent someone to contact Yu Zhan?"
Ye Junfei replied, "Not yet, I'd like to go there with you in person."
Lin Xiuyan looked at him, his eyes gentle: "Yu Zhan is someone you've subdued, so you can use her however you want from now on."
"If you are worried that I cannot protect my parents, you can transfer some men from Yu Zhan to protect them secretly."
Lin Xiuyan had considered this before, but the way he said it made it sound even more considerate and thoughtful.
She asked softly, "An army cannot have two masters. Aren't you afraid that Yu Zhan will disobey you in the future?"
Ye Junfei smiled calmly: "My desire to subdue Yu Zhan is merely to bolster the thirteen battalions."
"Originally, I planned to take control of the troops and wait for the right opportunity to kill Yu Zhan."
"But if you think Yu Zhan is useful now, then spare her life."
Lin Xiuyan was taken aback when she heard this. Ye Junfei, fearing that she would misunderstand, explained to her, "Yu Zhan is too cunning."
"If she can betray Zhou Chenyang because he doesn't have enough military funds, then she can betray us in the future."
“She has extremely high prestige in the military and has absolute control over that army. Normally, such a person should not be allowed to stay.”
"Because as long as she is there, that army is not ours."
Lin Xiuyan was at a loss for words as she listened to him speak so calmly about matters of killing and conquest.
She knew he was right, but she felt Yu Zhan deserved a better ending.
She asked him, "Since you've already made all these preparations, why are you now sparing Yu Zhan's life?"
Ye Junfei looked at her and said, "Because when we met again after you subdued Yu Zhan, your feelings for me had changed."
"It must be something Yu Zhan said to you. I owe her this favor, so I will spare her life."
Lin Xiuyan hadn't expected him to be so perceptive!
She looked at him and said, "Your Highness is so talented, nothing can be hidden from you!"
Ye Junfei looked at her with a smile and said, "Actually, I don't know anything. I was just trying to trick you."
Lin Xiuyan: "..."
She picked up a pillow and threw it at him: "You're so annoying!"
Ye Junfei smiled and took the pillow, saying, "I'm not afraid that you'll hate me, I'm only afraid that you'll ignore me."
"But as long as you're by my side, I won't do the things you don't like."
"Since you don't like killing, I'll try to kill less in the future." (www.cascoo.net)
“In the past, we always kept some things from each other, and over time, this inevitably created a rift.”
"So from now on, I will no longer hide my thoughts from you. If I want to kill someone, I will tell you."
"If you think someone doesn't have to die, then I won't touch him."
He was openly admitting to Lin Xiuyan that he was indeed filled with murderous intent.
But for her sake, he was willing to try to be a warm-hearted person and avoid killing if possible.
If one day she doesn't want him anymore, he might kill everyone in the world.
Lin Xiuyan was at a loss for words for a moment, and only said, "You don't need to do this."
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